A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation, Particularly the British and Irish, from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present Period : Wherein Their Remarkable Actions Or Sufferings, Their Virtues, Parts, and Learning are Accurately Displayed : with a Catalogue of Their Literary Productions, Volume 2T. Osborne, J. Whiston and B. White, W. Strahan, T. Payne, W. Owen, and W. Johnston [and 7 others], 1761 |
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... Soon after the publication of thefe laft volumes , M. Me- nage published his Anti - Baillet . Some other author wrote alfo four letters , wherein he attacks with great severity the ( A ) They were printed at Paris in 12mo , in the year ...
... Soon after the publication of thefe laft volumes , M. Me- nage published his Anti - Baillet . Some other author wrote alfo four letters , wherein he attacks with great severity the ( A ) They were printed at Paris in 12mo , in the year ...
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... Soon after however he quitted his preferment , and took upon him the habit of the Ciftertian order in the monaftery of Ford in De- vonfhire , and in a few years became abbot thereof . In the year 1180 , he was promoted to the fee of ...
... Soon after however he quitted his preferment , and took upon him the habit of the Ciftertian order in the monaftery of Ford in De- vonfhire , and in a few years became abbot thereof . In the year 1180 , he was promoted to the fee of ...
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... Soon after he had entered into holy orders he was prefented to the rectorfhip of Aller , in the diocese of Bath and Wells . In 1485 , he was made prebendary of South - Grantham , in the cathedral church of Wood's Salisbury , but ...
... Soon after he had entered into holy orders he was prefented to the rectorfhip of Aller , in the diocese of Bath and Wells . In 1485 , he was made prebendary of South - Grantham , in the cathedral church of Wood's Salisbury , but ...
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... Soon after , he took his doctor's degree there ; and , as he was a man of quick parts and great affiduity , he foon became able to teach the law . About this time the duke of Lorrain had founded the univerfity of Pontamouffon , and , at ...
... Soon after , he took his doctor's degree there ; and , as he was a man of quick parts and great affiduity , he foon became able to teach the law . About this time the duke of Lorrain had founded the univerfity of Pontamouffon , and , at ...
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... Soon after his arrival in England , John Barclay wrote a Latin poem on the coronation of king James ; and in 1603 , he dedicated the firft part of his Euphormio to his majefty . The king was , highly pleased with these two pieces , and ...
... Soon after his arrival in England , John Barclay wrote a Latin poem on the coronation of king James ; and in 1603 , he dedicated the firft part of his Euphormio to his majefty . The king was , highly pleased with these two pieces , and ...
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